Crymych

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Crymych is a small village of around 400 inhabitants in the north of Pembrokeshire, Wales. The village, formerly known as Crymmych Arms developed around the former Whitland-Cardigan railway line, otherwise known as the Cardi Bach (Little Cardi) where little had existed before other than the Crymych Arms public house, which remains open to this day. The community grew rapidly as a service and transport centre for the surrounding uplands and had a reputation as the Wild West of west Wales, which is reflected in the tongue-in-cheek appelation of Cowbois Crymych, by which residents are sometimes known. Crymych's status as 'capital' of the Preseli was confirmed in 1958, when Ysgol y Preseli, a secondary school covering a wide district was opened. In 1994, the school became Pembrokeshire's first Welsh-medium comprehensive and has the number of pupils on the school role has doubled since its launch. In spite of a large influx of English immigrants to the area since the 1970s, Crymych retains a strong identity based on the Welsh Language and culture.

It is twinned with Plomelin, in Brittany and gives its name to Crymych Wayside Barrow.

Crymych has its own elected community council. The village also gives it name to and electoral ward of Pembrokeshire that encompasses the villages of Crymych and Eglwyswrw.